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Mayoral Candidates, Week 10
Biographical Information about Brian Peterson: Home: 42 Vance Crescent; Asheville, NC 28806
Current Community Involvement:
Past Community Involvement:
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From the beginning of this campaign, my priorities have been your
priorities: like protecting our environment, attracting good jobs
that will help us support our families, uniting this community and
providing strong leadership. I have emphasized that we are a part
of a single large community that includes more than just the city
limits of Asheville. We need to work together with all of our neighbors
and resolve differences that arise among us. We need to make certain
that our decisions are based on what is best for all of us and not
just some special interest group. We know what our needs are. We need to work together to provide
for affordable housing for all. We need to work together to get
the right kind of jobs for our children and our families. We need
to properly address our infrastructure needs in a way that provides
for needed and necessary repair and yet does not ruin our pocketbooks.
We need to fix our Civic Center. We need to educate ALL of our children.
We need to be a unified community. Meeting our needs will not be easy but we can do it if we all work
together. Asheville is a wonderfully diverse community. That diversity
is a strength but division can occur. I want to work hard as your
mayor to bring our diverse city together and enhance communication
among all parts of the city. I want to end this campaign in the same manner in which I started
it: by looking beyond politics and personalities and by devoting
my energies to being a mayor for ALL of Asheville. I thank each of you who have taken the time to read this publication.
I hope that it has provided a valuable insight to all of the candidates
and has helped you with your decision making process. I thank all
of you who have supported my candidacy and who have encouraged me
in my endeavor to become your mayor. I look forward to election
night and I look forward to the opportunity to serve as your mayor. Thanks to all, Charlie Worley Charlie Worley Responded to the Following Q&A: Where do the candidates stand on the future of the Civic Center? Will it stay in the present location? What improvements are needed and how will they be financed?" I support the plan adopted by City Council this summer to move
forward with a rebuild of the arena within the existing shell downtown,
to recycle the Thomas Wolfe Auditorium as a multi-purpose "Great
Hall" and to construct a new performing arts center on site.
This plan will give us what we want and need in the most economical
way. For example, a new arena at a new site (with the same seating
capacity and other amenities) will cost approximately twice a much
($25 million versus $50 million). Funding should be obtained from
something like a prepared food and beverage tax which will generate
over half of the revenues from those who visit our city. I do not
support using any property taxes to pay for the Civic Center. Biographical Information about Charlie Worley:
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BRIAN PETERSON: LISTENING TO OUR COMMUNITY
As you read this, the campaign is winding down and all of us who
are candidates are looking forward to finally catching our breath.
I want to thank The Candidates Forum and Adam Baylus for providing
this opportunity for voters to learn more about each of us than
might have been available from other sources. A lot of hard work
has gone into the production of this paper and I am most appreciative.
The result has been of excellent quality.